the tmnt cartoons and their respective toylines

*Coola Yagami* · 09-20-2004, 12:40 AM

I noticed a kind of backwards thing with the toys and cartoons. In the old show, the series was very toybased. Like, Playmates would release various figures and eventually they'd be in the show. They'd skip a few like Fugitoid and Pizza Face, but for the most part every new figure or vehicle would wind up in the show around the time of their release.

Now that's not to say the new show isn't completely non-toybased. We still see Donnie crankin out the Sewer Slider, ShellCycle, Shell Sub and other stuff. But the figures are different. Now the figures are based on the show, not the other way around. In fact I think the only figure that appeared in toy form before they were in the cartoon were the Foot Gunners and Turtlebot. I think the only figures not appearing in the cartoon are the giant mouser and their take on baxter.

09-20-2004, 12:40 AM	#1
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,709	the tmnt cartoons and their respective toylines I noticed a kind of backwards thing with the toys and cartoons. In the old show, the series was very toybased. Like, Playmates would release various figures and eventually they'd be in the show. They'd skip a few like Fugitoid and Pizza Face, but for the most part every new figure or vehicle would wind up in the show around the time of their release. Now that's not to say the new show isn't completely non-toybased. We still see Donnie crankin out the Sewer Slider, ShellCycle, Shell Sub and other stuff. But the figures are different. Now the figures are based on the show, not the other way around. In fact I think the only figure that appeared in toy form before they were in the cartoon were the Foot Gunners and Turtlebot. I think the only figures not appearing in the cartoon are the giant mouser and their take on baxter.